Panayiotis is a 30-year-old champion at arm wrestling and owner of a tavern in a remote Greek village. On the occasion of a forthcoming arm-wrestling fight in Athens and his training for it, the film builds the portrait of a young man who shifts daily between his dreams and the reality of life in the Greek countryside.
The Arm Wrestler
Ο Χειροπαλαιστής
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Screening Schedule
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- Direction: Yorgos Goussis
- Script: Yorgos Goussis
- Cinematography: Yorgos Koutsaliaris
- Editing: Yorgos Goussis, Yorgos Koutsaliaris
- Sound: Yorgos Goussis
- Music: Panayiotis Pantazis
- Production: OH MY DOG!
- Producers: Fotini Economopoulou, Vasso Patrouba, Sofia Dimopoulou
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Greece
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 22΄
- Contact: Fotini Economopoulou, f.economopoulou@gmail.com
- Awards/Distinctions: 2nd Best Short Film Prize – Athens IFF 2019
Yorgos Goussis
Filmography
2019 Arm Wrestler (short doc)
2021 Magnetic Fields
2022 Arm Wrestler (doc)
2021 Magnetic Fields
2022 Arm Wrestler (doc)
